Bücher der Reihe Worlds of Performance

The first comprehensive overview of the phases of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. Featured are a unique collection of Grotowski's own writings and contributions from international theorist including Eugenio Barba and Peter Brooks.

Introducing both Western and non-Western popular theatre practices, the sourcebook provides access to theatrical forms which have delighted audiences and attracted stage artists around the world.

This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock.

A fascinating anthology that brings together in one volume many of the most important articles written about Brecht between 1957 and 1997. An ideal companion to Brecht's plays and an invaluable reconsideration of his work.

Assessing the role of the human sensorium in performance, this book presents a multifaceted approach to the methodological, theoretical, practical and historical challenges facing the scholar and the artist. It examines the subtle actions of the human senses including taste, touch, smell and vision in different sorts of performances.

The first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s.

This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley.